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Al Qaeda Talks Back [BUCKLE YOUR SEATBELTS ALERT]
Debka ^ | 02/14/2002 | DEBKAfile

Posted on 02/14/2003 7:48:53 AM PST by Publius Maximus

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I'm not going to debate the merits of DEBKA. I think this explains our terror alert status. And the last couple sentences of Abu al Bara'a Al-Qarshy's missive is particularly frightening. I think I know now why the Administration wants a large military foothold in the center of the Arab world. I hope it achieves what they are planning.
1 posted on 02/14/2003 7:48:53 AM PST by Publius Maximus
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Internment camps now!
2 posted on 02/14/2003 7:53:55 AM PST by bulldogs
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To: Publius Maximus
I want to destroy AL Quiada.
3 posted on 02/14/2003 7:54:18 AM PST by GoAhead-Make My Day
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Internment camps now!

I've been around long enough to vividly recall WWII. Despite the revisionist claims, long after the events, internment was absolutely essential back then, and, for the same reasons, it's imperative now.

4 posted on 02/14/2003 7:59:36 AM PST by Salvey
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The name Abu al-Bara'a is unfamiliar. Can someone provide biodata? There was of course Al-Baraa' Ibn Malik, the famous warrior and, as I recall, companion to the Prophet. Al Qaida members usually use names that are related to their place of birth or operation.
6 posted on 02/14/2003 8:07:51 AM PST by gaspar
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Interesting. Debka doesn't give a source, but merely says that the message has "reached" them. Evidently it was not broadcast like the message ostensibly from bin Ladin broadcast earlier over al Jazeera.

No, Debka is sometimes believable and sometimes not, but this one sounds genuine. It's unbelievable that they would actually make up a message, although I suppose it's possible that someone else did and is using them to release it. But it's hard to see why anyone would do that.
7 posted on 02/14/2003 8:16:45 AM PST by Cicero
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I certainly hope that our special ops guys have some targets in the crosshairs ready to go when the shiite hits the fan.

Assuming an eventuality like the ones mentioned here, we will need to shock the Arab world into submission. I would love to see our target list.

Iran, Saudi, Syria, Lebanon -- these govts may be the next example case. Pakistan must be treated a little more carefully, perhaps our special ops have their nukes within reach.

Let the 'Arab street' writhe like a headless snake. I still think the endgame for us is to draw the rats out of their holes on our own schedule so we can deal with them sooner instead of later. Make 'em play their cards before they can collect the nuclear aces in the deck. If domestic sleepers pop up, we can root them out with a short term wartime sweep, like we can't do now.

Longer term, the money trail to the terrorists will dry up without the support of these governments.

8 posted on 02/14/2003 8:18:15 AM PST by Monti Cello
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... internment was absolutely essential back then, and, for the same reasons, it's imperative now.

But more impractical.. Who you gonna inter? 4th generation christians of purely Arab decent? Turks? Blacks (lot of muslims, you know)? White Americans decended from original colonists that practice Islam? Anyone Islamic? Anyone not european? Of course, the most dangerous of all, White Christian Militia types!

So , what standards would you impose for internment and how would you keep them from expanding to any 'enemy of the state' as political fortunes change? Let the Genie out and it's all over for us as a somewhat free nation.

9 posted on 02/14/2003 8:37:13 AM PST by templar
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This whole Moslem hate must be addressed as M O S L E M issue, and not as WMD, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, PLO, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, American Moslems, Asian Moslems,.....We will be chasing our tails for generations trying to find the bad guys, and punish them. If we think outside the box rationally for a minute, and try to understand the root cause, we will have better success thinking about controlling or eliminating the Moslem hate. If you have a termite infestation, you cannot kill every termite that you see, and imagine that you solved your problem. Your problem is typically the unobservable termite nest that keeps producing more termite soldiers faster than you kill them. You must go to the root cause. If you find the nest and killed the queen, you still cannot stop there; you still have to ELIMINATE THE CONDITIONS THAT WILL ATTRACT TERMITES IN THE FUTURE!!!!! If we do not follow this simple analogy, we will be wasting our lives and resources, and our children’s way of life will dramatically change---all that because the politically correct crowds want us to stay away from confronting this religious hate as a religion thing.
10 posted on 02/14/2003 8:42:59 AM PST by philosofy123
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Oh, it's easy to tell who to put away or deport.. Whoever shows up at a mosque, or whoever has a history of being islamic..

You answered your own question.. The problem is the mooselimbs.
11 posted on 02/14/2003 8:47:59 AM PST by Monty22
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The name Abu al-Bara'a is unfamiliar. Can someone provide biodata?

It appears it is unfamiliar to Google as well, can find nothing even though I accepted some of the alternative spellings Google offered, it kept coming up with unrelated or no results.

12 posted on 02/14/2003 8:56:32 AM PST by ravingnutter
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Nice...we intern everyone who is Muslim....that IS the American way, huh......

You people are ridiculous....

13 posted on 02/14/2003 9:02:32 AM PST by ContemptofCourt
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People who confuse islamics for those with normal belief systems have no clue.
14 posted on 02/14/2003 9:40:32 AM PST by Monty22
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People who confuse [christians]for those with normal belief systems have no clue.

People who confuse [Jews] for those with normal belief systems have no clue.

People who confuse [hindus] for those with normal belief systems have no clue. People who confuse [Baptists] for those with normal belief systems have no clue.

People who confuse [Lutherans] for those with normal belief systems have no clue.

People who confuse [Mormons] for those with normal belief systems have no clue.

15 posted on 02/14/2003 9:56:57 AM PST by ContemptofCourt
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Whoever shows up at a mosque, or whoever has a history of being islamic..

This would, of course, involve a significant protion of the Black population. I would suggest getting around the second Amendment applying to Blacks first. Or any American Islamic, for that matter. Or any one that might sympathize with these minorities, on moral, legal or constitutional grounds.

16 posted on 02/14/2003 11:09:45 AM PST by templar
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You have put your finger on my problem with DEBKA! It throws out all this garbage and provides no underpinning for its claims. As far as I'm concerned Abu al-Bara'a is a fictitious character until DEBKA can prove otherwise.
17 posted on 02/14/2003 11:22:29 AM PST by gaspar
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>>those orders will be understood only by those who are part of the Mujahideen.


”And wait, salvation is near and the painful blow is on the way. It will be sweeping,

Interesting when combined with this factoid....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/843417/posts
18 posted on 02/14/2003 11:26:19 AM PST by swarthyguy
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Who you gonna inter?

Well, for starters, anyone who gathers under this symbol.

After that, (ALF),(ELF), Earthfirst!, BlacBloc, assorted other ecoterrorists.....

Just my opinion, of course.

19 posted on 02/14/2003 11:32:29 AM PST by Freebird Forever
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People who confuse...

Dont' forget [Republicans], [Democrats], [Libertarians] (according to who is in power at the time).

20 posted on 02/14/2003 11:50:47 AM PST by templar
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